Amaehealth

Amaehealth

Peer Support Specialist

Brooklyn, NY

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 20 days ago
RESTEHR/EMRResearchMentoring

About the role

  • Conduct field work in the community, including home check-ins and attending events with members as a supportive peer
  • Knowledge of the New York City area mental health and social service systems

Responsibilities

  • Plan and lead group activities that encourage participation, build community, and celebrate progress
  • Help members access and navigate community resources and support services
  • Collaborate with teammates and clinical staff to ensure every member receives compassionate, coordinated support
  • Manageable caseloads, meaningful clinical depth, and purpose-built tools designed for this population.
  • Provide one-on-one coaching to support members' personal goals, inspire self-discovery, and strengthen skills for care

Requirements

  • NYS Certified Peer Specialist (NYCPS) certification required
  • Minimum 2 years of stable, personal recovery
  • High school diploma or equivalent required
  • Basic computer proficiency (Google Suite, EHR documentation)

Nice to have

  • Ability to engage effectively one-on-one and in groups
  • group facilitation experience preferred

Compensation

  • Amae Health is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.
  • Base pay for this position is $24.50 per hour.
  • We'll share specifics during the interview process.
  • If you want to practice at the top of your license, learn from the best in academic medicine, contribute to research that is defining a new field, and do it all inside a team that was actually built for this work, we'd like to talk.
  • We center care in all we do. Empathy is not a brand value. It's how we make clinical decisions, build products, and treat each other.
  • We challenge convention. The existing system is the problem. We question it, we test alternatives, and we move with urgency when something works.

Benefits

  • Psychiatrists, therapists, primary care providers, dietitians, and community health workers work side-by-side and share responsibility for the same patients.
  • Continuous learning.

Company info

  • Amae Health is a Series B, venture-backed Public Benefit Corporation that delivers specialty outpatient care for people living with severe mental illness, including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar I disorder, and treatment-resistant depression. We design and operate high-acuity, in-person clinics across the United States.
  • Our model integrates psychiatry, therapy, primary care, dietitians, and community health workers under one roof to deliver coordinated, longitudinal care for a population that has historically been fragmented across systems.
  • Leading health systems partner with Amae to bring this model to their communities, including NewYork-Presbyterian, Cedars-Sinai, Mass General Brigham, Novant Health, and CommonSpirit Health.
  • Why We Are Different
  • Integrated care, not a referral network. Psychiatrists, therapists, primary care providers, dietitians, and community health workers work side-by-side and share responsibility for the same patients.
  • Practice at the top of your license. Manageable caseloads, meaningful clinical depth, and purpose-built tools designed for this population.
  • Continuous learning. Through our partnership with Mass General Brigham, clinicians receive ongoing training, supervision, and mentorship in evidence-based SMI care.
  • Advancing the field. Our clinicians contribute to new outcomes frameworks and research shaping the future of severe mental illness care.
  • A model built for sustainability. Team-based care, thoughtful caseloads, and strong infrastructure make this work meaningful-and sustainable over time.
  • Amae Health is a Series B, venture-backed Public Benefit Corporation that delivers specialty outpatient care for people living with severe mental illness, including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar I disorder, and treatment-resistant depression.
  • We design and operate high-acuity, in-person clinics across the United States.
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